Grand Rapids Whitewater » Chip Richards http://grandrapidswhitewater.org Putting Rapids back in the Grand River Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:31:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Our Rapids Are Grand http://grandrapidswhitewater.org/2010/07/our-rapids-are-grand/ http://grandrapidswhitewater.org/2010/07/our-rapids-are-grand/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:32:06 +0000 Chip Richards http://grandrapidswhitewater.org/?p=817

Conceptual photograph of proposed rapids near Amway Grand Plaza ©Simon

Our rapids are grand, or at least they may be, once again. There is a lot of talk of a “kayak park” being built downtown on the Grand River. Yes, there could be new recreational opportunities for the river, new whitewater adventure sports like kayaking and canoeing, but the real goal of GRWW is to restore the river to a more natural looking waterway for everyone to enjoy. In, on or around.

Grand River prior to restoration.

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Chris Muller, Chip Richards testing the waters.

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